14 March 2018

Bidya Devi Bhandari re-elected as Nepal President

Bidya Devi Bhandari re-elected as Nepal President

Nepal’s first woman President Bidya Devi Bhandari was re-elected for a second term in office with an overwhelming majority.

Incumbent President Bhandari, the Left alliance’s candidate, was elected with more than a two-thirds majority as she defeated her Nepali Congress (NC) rival Kumari Laxmi Rai in the presidential election.